Blue Oak Ranch Reserve features a state-of-the-art wireless environmental sensing network. Scattered across the 3,280-acre reserve, each of the network nodes measures temperature, rain, sunshine, soil moisture and more, and sends it back to the campus to be processed and analyzed. The information is utilized by reserve researchers studying how climate conditions affect plants, animals, and their life cycles.

UC Berkeley to Manage Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, UC Berkeley Perched in the hills above Silicon Valley, Blue Oak Ranch is an incubator for scientists to learn about the complex dynamics of California's ecosystems. Catch a glimpse of reserve wildlife, and see how modern sensor technology is reshaping today's field studies.

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, Stephanic Hwang The oak woodlands and grasslands of this classic California landscape and NRS reserve offer opportunities for intensive microclimate studies, research into regenerating oaks, and chances to introduce urban children to nature.